For any dreamer walking the path of actualizing an unborrowed vision, it is important to stand on the shoulders of those that have come before you as a way of seeing further than what we otherwise might have. Looking at the examples and warnings set…

We ran a survey with our team at Canva about team culture. It’s something I’ve been thinking about as we grow. How do we maintain the stuff we all love about work as our company grows? We’ve gone from a team of 10 to a…

One of my heroes was Albert Einstein. Einstein wasn’t much of an entrepreneur although he tried his hand at it a couple of times. His family was entrepreneurial and his father was doing quite well as an electricity supplier until the Siemens company forced him out….

The following is an excerpt from Jack Delosa’s ‘Founder’s Address’ at the inaugural Australian Startup Awards from 2013. This outlines the qualities that Jack considers essential for becoming a great entrepreneur – a timely reminder in the lead up to this year’s Australian Startup Awards…

We recently took a trip to Las Vegas for a week with 40 of our Scalable & Saleable Members. Being anywhere in the world with 40 entrepreneurs who share common challenges, goals, dreams and aspirations is incredibly powerful, but this week was one of the…

If you were starting a restaurant what’s the number one thing you’d want in order to ensure the success of the restaurant? Great food, great people, a nice menu, a good location? I would argue that the number one thing you want as a new restaurant is a…

Size matters. Yet the majority business owners have an ineffective strategy of getting big. Approaching a growth strategy on your own, without leveraging through larger organisations, is one of the quickest ways to ensure you remain small. When I reflect on the businesses I have…